U.S. F-16 fighter jet shoots down an armed Turkish drone over Syria
U.S. F-16 fighter jet shoots down an armed Turkish drone over Syria
U.S. officials confirm an F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone operating near American troops in northeastern Syria Thursday.
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I too enjoy shooting down my ally's aircraft as an indication of how much I respect them.
A U.S. F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near American troops in Syria Thursday after several warnings, according to U.S. officials.
The shootdown came after repeated communications to stay away from U.S. ground troops near al Hasakah, in northeastern Syria.
Doesn't NATO have aligned goals in Syria?
The US and Turkey support different factions in the Syrian civil war. This video from Real Life Lore goes in depth with Turkey's position in NATO, and IIRC it does mention about Syria:
It's complicated. On the one hand, everyone - US, EU, the Kurds, Turkiye, Syria and Russia - is united against ISIL. But among them, the US and EU support the Kurds while Turkiye hates them (historical reasons). Even more worryingly for Turkiye, Syria and Russia seem okay with the Kurds. So Turkiye has attacked Kurdish strongholds, raising tensions with everyone else.
like Prigozhin?
Don't reports today say it was a hand grenade?
I haven't heard that report, but I'd guess it's the Russians that are reporting that. Now why would they have an incentive to say that? ;)
The guy you’re responding to is a Putin bootlicker save your breath
It's basically admitting it was an assassination lol, just not one involving a missile strike.